[FrameworkBundle] Add AGENTS.md for AI coding agents (#1563)

* [FrameworkBundle] Add AGENTS.md for AI coding agents

* [FrameworkBundle] Point CLAUDE.md at AGENTS.md via @-import

* [FrameworkBundle] Add heading to CLAUDE.md

* [FrameworkBundle] Apply review feedback to AGENTS.md

Split the operational bullets out of Conventions into a new Everyday
workflow section, generalise what remains around the best practices page,
and replace the stale-training-data note with a concrete list of
discovery commands.

Keeps three specifics under Conventions: MapRequestPayload over
hand-rolled json_decode(), no readonly on a service that may become
lazy, and symfony/lock for mutual exclusion. Those are the failure modes
the file exists to address, and a general rule does not change a model's
behaviour the way naming them does.

* [FrameworkBundle] Broaden the attribute and injection guidance

Attributes were only shown on controllers. They now cover properties,
commands, listeners, message handlers and service declaration.

The autowiring bullet also contradicted itself: it sent scalar arguments
to an explicit service definition, which is what #[Autowire] exists to
avoid. Injection now points at #[Autowire] and #[Target] first, with a
YAML definition as the last resort.
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# AGENTS.md
This is a Symfony project. Check `composer.json` for the exact Symfony/PHP version
in use, and read `symfony.lock` to see which recipes ran. Don't assume Doctrine,
Twig, API Platform, Messenger, or Lock are installed unless one of those says so.
## Ask before generating
If the task doesn't specify, ask rather than guess:
- Persistence: Doctrine ORM, Doctrine ODM, or none?
- Interface: server-rendered (Twig), API (Serializer, maybe API Platform), or both?
- Auth: SecurityBundle, and which authenticator?
If you can't ask (no interactive channel), state the assumption you're making and
pick the smallest option (e.g. no persistence layer) rather than scaffolding a
full stack nobody asked for.
## Adding features: Flex, not hand-wiring
Install new capabilities with `composer require <package>` (e.g. `symfony/lock`,
`symfony/messenger`, `orm-pack`) and let the Flex recipe register the bundle and
generate its config. Don't hand-edit `config/bundles.php` or hand-write a bundle's
base config; that's what the recipe is for. Don't skip a good-fit component just
because it isn't installed yet; installing it is one command.
## Conventions
Follow https://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices.html to write idiomatic
Symfony:
- Use PHP attributes for framework metadata, and not only on controllers:
`#[Route]`, `#[MapRequestPayload]`, `#[IsGranted]` on actions, `#[Assert\...]`
on properties, `#[AsCommand]`, `#[AsEventListener]`, `#[AsMessageHandler]`, and
`#[AsAlias]` / `#[AsTaggedItem]` / `#[Autoconfigure]` on services. No YAML or
XML routing.
- Rely on autowiring and autoconfiguration. Type-hint constructor arguments and
let the container resolve them. Where a type-hint can't express it, stay in the
class with `#[Autowire]` (parameters, env vars, expressions) or `#[Target]` (one
of several implementations of an interface). A YAML service definition is the
last resort, not the first.
- Controllers extend `AbstractController`, stay thin, and delegate to services.
- Use the framework for what it already does: Form for server-rendered forms,
Validator for validation, Serializer for JSON, Messenger for async work,
Security (voters, authenticators) for access control, Twig `path()`/`url()`
instead of hardcoded URLs.
- Before hand-writing infrastructure (locks, queues, caches, HTTP clients,
mailers, schedulers) or reaching for a third-party library, check whether a
Symfony component covers it. It usually does.
Three specifics worth spelling out, because they are easy to get wrong:
- Bind request data with `#[MapRequestPayload]` / `#[MapQueryString]` on action
arguments, which wires up Serializer and Validator for you, instead of calling
`json_decode()` or `SerializerInterface` by hand. If neither package is
installed yet, `composer require` them rather than falling back to manual
parsing.
- Use constructor property promotion, and `readonly` for DTOs and value objects.
Don't mark a service `readonly` if it might become `lazy: true`: a lazy proxy
can't extend a `readonly` class.
- Use `symfony/lock` (`LockFactory`) for mutual exclusion. A hand-built flag or
lock file looks fine in review and is usually wrong under concurrency.
## Everyday workflow
- Run the app with `symfony serve -d`, and commands with `symfony console ...`
(or `bin/console` when the Symfony CLI isn't available).
- When something fails, read `var/log/dev.log` and the web profiler
(`/_profiler`) before changing code.
- If `maker-bundle` is installed, prefer `bin/console make:*` with every argument
passed up front and `--no-interaction` where supported: makers prompt on a
terminal by default, which hangs a non-interactive shell. If a maker still
needs interactive input, hand-write the code instead.
- If Doctrine ORM is installed, schema changes go through migrations
(`bin/console make:migration`, then `doctrine:migrations:migrate`), never
`doctrine:schema:update` or hand-written SQL.
- `.env` is committed and holds defaults only. Real secrets belong in `.env.local`
(git-ignored) or the secrets vault (`bin/console secrets:set`), read via
`%env(...)%`.
## Testing
Install `symfony/test-pack` if it isn't already. Functional/HTTP tests extend
`WebTestCase`; service-level tests extend `KernelTestCase`. Run
`php bin/phpunit` (falls back to `vendor/bin/phpunit`). A feature isn't done
until it has a test that exercises it the way a caller would, an HTTP request for
a controller or a service call for a service, not just "it didn't throw."
## Code style
Symfony's coding standard, the `@Symfony` php-cs-fixer ruleset (a PSR-12-derived
superset). Run `vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix` if `friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer` is
installed; it isn't part of the skeleton by default.
## Discover, don't guess
Framework APIs change between versions and your training data may be stale. Look
things up in the project instead of relying on memory:
- `bin/console about`: versions, environment, paths.
- `bin/console debug:router`, `debug:container`, `debug:autowiring <name>`,
`debug:config <bundle>`, `config:dump-reference <bundle>`: what exists and how
it is configured.
- `bin/console lint:container`, plus `lint:twig templates/` and
`lint:yaml config/` where those packages are installed: validate before running.
- Read the installed source and docblocks under `vendor/`.
- Docs: https://symfony.com/doc/current/ (switch to the version matching
`composer.json` if it differs).
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# CLAUDE.md
@AGENTS.md
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"config/": "%CONFIG_DIR%/",
"public/": "%PUBLIC_DIR%/",
"src/": "%SRC_DIR%/",
".editorconfig": ".editorconfig"
".editorconfig": ".editorconfig",
"AGENTS.md": "AGENTS.md",
"CLAUDE.md": "CLAUDE.md"
},
"composer-scripts": {
"cache:clear": "symfony-cmd",